older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
not caring; not giving a damn
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
anything and everything; just about everything
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
the same generation; coeval
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
several men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; everyone has his own interests and ideas; different strokes for different folks
somewhere to go; place to go
second day of the month; two days
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
continuation; succession; series
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
(sound of) laughter; laughing voice
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
to detain; to check; to restrain
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration